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glumly

/gluhm/US // glʌm //UK // (ɡlʌm) //

忧郁地,黯然,黯然神伤地,黯然地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    glum·mer, glum·mest.

    • : sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.

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Examples

  • One of these — Castiel — is a glum footnote that many fans will have a hard time accepting.

  • Boyd glumly told him to go over to makeup, which was housed in a little cabin across the road.

  • The final chapter of the book is glumly titled "If Tax Reform Happens, It Will Be Because Grover Norquist Permits It."

  • Not that this would likely go anywhere either, he acknowledges glumly.

  • “Inundated, yeah,” Fitzpatrick says glumly, imagining what downtown will be like after the great earthquake.

  • “A deep political crisis of the Afghan society is obvious,” one participant glumly concluded.

  • Seizing a shovel, Johnnie's father slowly dug his way to Twinkleheels, who had stopped struggling and was waiting glumly for help.

  • "Happy, you drive," he said, and Happy Jack turned without a word and climbed glumly up to the seat of the mess-wagon.

  • The other two nodded glumly and we set off downhill again, heading back towards home.

  • "I can't very well find a cave in Antarctica and hide," I replied glumly.

  • Gordon hesitated, then swung glumly toward a corner where he could find a police call box.